Setting Up and Running a School Library


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Diagrams and practical examples from teachers' experiences around the world illustrate the advice given. Shows how to choose books, a room and resources.Explains how to establish a simple classification and cataloguing system.Shows how to encourage active teacher and student involvement.Explains how to make the most of limited resources.Ideal for teachers and others who are not trained librarians.




Running a School Library


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This handbook is intended first and foremost for teachers who take on the responsibility of managing their school's library without previous experience. It therefore covers, at a very basic level, those procedures which are fundamental in setting up a new library, reorganizing an old one, carrying out the day-to-day administration, and integrating the library with the work of the school.




The Boy Who Couldn't


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A stirring action-adventure story about two very different boys whose lives unexpectedly cross. When they stumble upon a badger-baiting plot by dangerous criminals, they need to overcome their differences and fears to help each other and save the badgers. A story about being the person you can be, not the person you are expected to be.




School Library Management


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Written in clear, simple language, this book provides information that will help an aide or paraprofessional manage a school library. Setting up and managing a library media center is a complex task best handled by a certified and experienced librarian, but the fact of the matter is that many school districts have had to cut librarian positions and are attempting to fill the gaps with aides. School Library Management: Just the Basics describes the step-by-step process of setting up the management processes in a school library and outlines easy management concepts that will guide aides through challenges like setting up activity centers and establishing rules for behavior. With over three decades of experience in librarianship between them, the authors cover topics such as student incentives and rewards; scheduling and supervising computer usage; circulation procedures; training materials for volunteers; passes, book marks, and other patterns; and privacy issues. This book can also serve as an effective training guide for district librarians responsible for training aides who are running multiple centers.




School Library Spaces


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This easy-to-use guide will be invaluable to school librarians and district library professionals in training library aides and paraprofessionals to help set up and run a school library. In this era of school libraries being set up and operated by paraprofessionals, volunteers, and other individuals with limited or no professional library training, this book provides invaluable information and guidance. School Library Spaces: Just the Basics answers all of the "where do I begin?" questions in clear and simple language, covering library setup fundamentals such as organizing the space, placement and labeling, and the use of different types of shelving. Numerous diagrams, check lists, and resource lists that are invaluable for the novice professional are provided, as are management recommendations for those training and helping aides.




Model School Library Standards for California Public Schools


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Provides vision for strong school library programs, including identification of the skills and knowledge essential for students to be information literate. Includes recommended baseline staffing, access, and resources for school library services at each grade level.




Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace


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An invaluable how-to text that details the workshop model, addresses the design challenges, and explains the best avenues for curriculum-based learning in the school library makerspace. A successful school makerspace needs an enthusiastic maker community, school-wide participation, and staff support. How do you build this type of learning at your school? The innovative team behind Challenge-Based Learning in the School Library Makerspace addresses common questions and concerns and describes step-by-step how to introduce challenge-based learning into the school library makerspace. Intended for librarians and school staff who have already started thinking in terms of makerspaces but need further help sustaining programming and want to know more about Makerspace 2.0, this helpful guide details the workshop model, various real-world design challenges, and the process for implementing curriculum-based learning in the school library makerspace. Readers will be empowered to go beyond the initial implementation of a makerspace and to draw from an arsenal of proven methodologies for designing challenges for student learning. Additionally, the book enables the addition of curriculum connections to library programming, shows how to connect your students to local experts and the global maker community, and eases you into more productive collaboration with other librarians.




School Library Organization


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Running a Small Library


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How can a small library with a few (or even one) staff members and very limited resources be managed successfully? Learn the issues facing all types of small libraries.




Running a School Library Media Center


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"Information is organized into nine chapters which cover topics ranging from goal setting and budgeting to ordering materials to programming. Appendices contain lists of sources, a learning skills inventory, sample job descriptions, and Library Bill of Rights information." Voice Youth Advocates.